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Article submitted by Chapter Ike Ken Dugan<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are some links posted by Dr. Sara Via of the University of Maryland that I found very interesting:<\/span><\/p>\n

Link to the video of the talk on Feb. 24, 2021: https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=6b69b88c-5b9a-435d-9240-acda00201622<\/span><\/p>\n

Links to a couple of other recent talks:<\/span><\/p>\n

Climate change and native plants, 1\/27\/21: https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=d2d61479-a44f-44cb-b3c4-acbd010cabf3<\/span><\/p>\n

Successful and sustainable gardening in a changing climate (aka Regenerative gardening\u201d), 1\/22\/21:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=aa0b377f-75e7-4b05-b658-acb800172ff4<\/span><\/p>\n

County stormwater programs. Here is the information for those who live in either Montgomery Co or Howard Co MD. For those of you in other states, go online to your County government site and look up \u201cstormwater\u201d. If you can\u2019t find anything, look for your state\u2019s Cooperative Extension site because they will have something on stormwater management and part of that will be about plants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Montgomery Co., MD: Rainscapes Program<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.montgomerycountymd.gov\/water\/rainscapes<\/span><\/p>\n

ann.english@montgomerycountymd.gov<\/span><\/p>\n

Howard Co. MD, CleanScapes Program: <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cleanwaterhoward.com<\/span><\/p>\n

jcostantino@howardcountymd.gov<\/span><\/p>\n

Link to the video of the talk on Feb. 24, 2021: https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=6b69b88c-5b9a-435d-9240-acda00201622<\/span><\/p>\n

Links to a couple of other recent talks:<\/span><\/p>\n

Climate change and native plants, 1\/27\/21: https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=d2d61479-a44f-44cb-b3c4-acbd010cabf3<\/span><\/p>\n

Successful and sustainable gardening in a changing climate (aka Regenerative gardening\u201d), 1\/22\/21:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=aa0b377f-75e7-4b05-b658-acb800172ff4<\/span><\/p>\n

County stormwater programs. Here is the information for those who live in either Montgomery Co or Howard Co MD. For those of you in other states, go online to your County government site and look up \u201cstormwater\u201d. If you can\u2019t find anything, look for your state\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

Cooperative Extension site because they will have something on stormwater management and part of that will be about plants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Montgomery Co., MD: Rainscapes Program<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.montgomerycountymd.gov\/water\/rainscapes<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Ann English: ann.english@montgomerycountymd.gov<\/span><\/p>\n

Howard Co. MD, CleanScapes Program: <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cleanwaterhoward.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Julie Costantino, jcostantino@howardcountymd.gov<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawn mimic seed. The lawn mimics are mixes of fine fescues. Although the varieties I\u2019m testing are only available on wholesale, there are a few mixes and single varieties out there that you can buy. Here are a few, but you can also search online for \u201cfine fescue seed\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside Pride Legacy Fine Fescue mix: I\u2019ve used this and it worked really well.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.outsidepride.com\/seed\/grass-seed\/fescue-grass-seed\/legacy-fine-fescue-grass-seed.html<\/span><\/p>\n

Microclover. You can add either white clover or \u201cmini clover\u201d, which has smaller leaves and fewer flowers for those afraid of bee stings. Miniclover is available from Outside Pride too. Don\u2019t add more than 5-10% by weight or it will take over.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.outsidepride.com\/seed\/clover-seed\/miniclover.html<\/span><\/p>\n

Horticultural paper. The material I mentioned in the talk is WeedGuard or WeedGuard Plus (I think Plus might be a bit thicker. Just google this and you\u2019ll find where you can buy it. It works fine to use newspaper or paper bags, but the convenience of having one piece 4\u2019wide can\u2019t be overstated in my book. I find it hard to control individual pieces of newspaper in the wind and it would be really difficult to use newspaper to get good coverage in a pollinator plot. You could maybe plant the plants and then put paper between them, but it will be hard to get it to stay in place. Also newspaper decomposes fairly rapidly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tool to make the holes for the plugs: I used a ProPlugger, though I imagine that there are other similar tools out there. The great thing about the ProPlugger is no crouching (yes!) and you can do about 8 holes without stopping because the cores just get pushed up in the tool and then after you\u2019ve done a few you tip it over and they fall out. You can use that soil to fill in the holes around your plugs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good book for green infrastructure to manage stormwater: Low Impact Development: A design manual for urban areas. U. Arkansas Press. 2010. You can download a great pdf exerpt here:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/uacdc\/LID-Manual_Excerpt.pdf<\/span><\/p>\n

My mailing list. If you aren\u2019t already on my mailing list and would like to join it, please send me an email. I use the list to send out good new climate-related information and to let people know about talks and webinars I\u2019m giving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Native plant resources. David Alexander shared the following resources with me, and they might be useful to you also. The first one is particularly useful as a guidebook:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/chesapeakebay\/pdf\/NativePlantsforWildlifeHabitatandConservationLandscaping.pdf<\/span><\/p>\n

Resource for native plants nationwide:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants-main<\/span><\/p>\n

Deer-resistant plants:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/05\/01\/habichat-deer-resistant-plants\/#:~:text=The%20less%20well-known%20golden,long%20as%20soils%20are%20moist.&text=Unlike%20ivy%2C%20though%2C%20it%20will,the%20threatened%20northern%20metalmark%20butterfly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Maryland:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/bluewaterbaltimore.org\/herring-run-nursery\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/sunnurseries.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.laurensgardenservice.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

Mail order.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nativewildflowers.net\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.prairiemoon.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.izelplants.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

List of nurseries selling native plants:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/mdflora.org\/nurseries.html<\/span><\/p>\n

List of nurseries specializing in selling plants native to Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, DC,Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/choosenatives.org\/location\/native-nurseries\/<\/span><\/p>\n

Link to the video of the talk on Feb. 24, 2021: https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=6b69b88c-5b9a-435d-9240-acda00201622<\/span><\/p>\n

Links to a couple of other recent talks:<\/span><\/p>\n

Climate change and native plants, 1\/27\/21: https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=d2d61479-a44f-44cb-b3c4-acbd010cabf3<\/span><\/p>\n

Successful and sustainable gardening in a changing climate (aka Regenerative gardening\u201d), 1\/22\/21:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=aa0b377f-75e7-4b05-b658-acb800172ff4<\/span><\/p>\n

County stormwater programs. Here is the information for those who live in either Montgomery Co or Howard Co MD. For those of you in other states, go online to your County government site and look up \u201cstormwater\u201d. If you can\u2019t find anything, look for your state\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

Cooperative Extension site because they will have something on stormwater management and part of that will be about plants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Montgomery Co., MD: Rainscapes Program<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.montgomerycountymd.gov\/water\/rainscapes<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Ann English: ann.english@montgomerycountymd.gov<\/span><\/p>\n

Howard Co. MD, CleanScapes Program: <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cleanwaterhoward.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Julie Costantino, jcostantino@howardcountymd.gov<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawn mimic seed. The lawn mimics are mixes of fine fescues. Although the varieties I\u2019m testing are only available on wholesale, there are a few mixes and single varieties out there that you can buy. Here are a few, but you can also search online for \u201cfine fescue seed\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside Pride Legacy Fine Fescue mix: I\u2019ve used this and it worked really well.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.outsidepride.com\/seed\/grass-seed\/fescue-grass-seed\/legacy-fine-fescue-grass-seed.html<\/span><\/p>\n

Microclover. You can add either white clover or \u201cmini clover\u201d, which has smaller leaves and fewer flowers for those afraid of bee stings. Miniclover is available from Outside Pride too. Don\u2019t add more than 5-10% by weight or it will take over.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.outsidepride.com\/seed\/clover-seed\/miniclover.html<\/span><\/p>\n

Horticultural paper. The material I mentioned in the talk is WeedGuard or WeedGuard Plus (I think Plus might be a bit thicker. Just google this and you\u2019ll find where you can buy it. It works fine to use newspaper or paper bags, but the convenience of having one piece 4\u2019wide can\u2019t be overstated in my book. I find it hard to control individual pieces of newspaper in the wind and it would be really difficult to use newspaper to get good coverage in a pollinator plot. You could maybe plant the plants and then put paper between them, but it will be hard to get it to stay in place. Also newspaper decomposes fairly rapidly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tool to make the holes for the plugs: I used a ProPlugger, though I imagine that there are other similar tools out there. The great thing about the ProPlugger is no crouching (yes!) and you can do about 8 holes without stopping because the cores just get pushed up in the tool and then after you\u2019ve done a few you tip it over and they fall out. You can use that soil to fill in the holes around your plugs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good book for green infrastructure to manage stormwater: Low Impact Development: A design manual for urban areas. U. Arkansas Press. 2010. You can download a great pdf exerpt here:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/uacdc\/LID-Manual_Excerpt.pdf<\/span><\/p>\n

My mailing list. If you aren\u2019t already on my mailing list and would like to join it, please send me an email. I use the list to send out good new climate-related information and to let people know about talks and webinars I\u2019m giving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Native plant resources. David Alexander shared the following resources with me, and they might be useful to you also. The first one is particularly useful as a guidebook:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/chesapeakebay\/pdf\/NativePlantsforWildlifeHabitatandConservationLandscaping.pdf<\/span><\/p>\n

Resource for native plants nationwide:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants-main<\/span><\/p>\n

Deer-resistant plants:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/05\/01\/habichat-deer-resistant-plants\/#:~:text=The%20less%20well-known%20golden,long%20as%20soils%20are%20moist.&text=Unlike%20ivy%2C%20though%2C%20it%20will,the%20threatened%20northern%20metalmark%20butterfly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Maryland:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/bluewaterbaltimore.org\/herring-run-nursery\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/sunnurseries.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.laurensgardenservice.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

Mail order.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nativewildflowers.net\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.prairiemoon.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.izelplants.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

List of nurseries selling native plants:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/mdflora.org\/nurseries.html<\/span><\/p>\n

List of nurseries specializing in selling plants native to Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, DC,Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/choosenatives.org\/location\/native-nurseries\/<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawn mimic seed. The lawn mimics are mixes of fine fescues. Although the varieties I\u2019m testing are only available on wholesale, there are a few mixes and single varieties out there that you can buy. Here are a few, but you can also search online for \u201cfine fescue seed\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside Pride Legacy Fine Fescue mix: I\u2019ve used this and it worked really well.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.outsidepride.com\/seed\/grass-seed\/fescue-grass-seed\/legacy-fine-fescue-grass-seed.html<\/span><\/p>\n

Microclover. You can add either white clover or \u201cmini clover\u201d, which has smaller leaves and fewer flowers for those afraid of bee stings. Miniclover is available from Outside Pride too. Don\u2019t add more than 5-10% by weight or it will take over.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.outsidepride.com\/seed\/clover-seed\/miniclover.html<\/span><\/p>\n

Horticultural paper. The material I mentioned in the talk is WeedGuard or WeedGuard Plus (I think Plus might be a bit thicker. Just google this and you\u2019ll find where you can buy it. It works fine to use newspaper or paper bags, but the convenience of having one piece 4\u2019wide can\u2019t be overstated in my book. I find it hard to control individual pieces of newspaper in the wind and it would be really difficult to use newspaper to get good coverage in a pollinator plot. You could maybe plant the plants and then put paper between them, but it will be hard to get it to stay in place. Also newspaper decomposes fairly rapidly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tool to make the holes for the plugs: I used a ProPlugger, though I imagine that there are other similar tools out there. The great thing about the ProPlugger is no crouching (yes!) and you can do about 8 holes without stopping because the cores just get pushed up in the tool and then after you\u2019ve done a few you tip it over and they fall out. You can use that soil to fill in the holes around your plugs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good book for green infrastructure to manage stormwater: Low Impact Development: A design manual for urban areas. U. Arkansas Press. 2010. You can download a great pdf exerpt here:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/uacdc\/LID-Manual_Excerpt.pdf<\/span><\/p>\n

My mailing list. If you aren\u2019t already on my mailing list and would like to join it, please send me an email. I use the list to send out good new climate-related information and to let people know about talks and webinars I\u2019m giving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Native plant resources. David Alexander shared the following resources with me, and they might be useful to you also. The first one is particularly useful as a guidebook:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/chesapeakebay\/pdf\/NativePlantsforWildlifeHabitatandConservationLandscaping.pdf<\/span><\/p>\n

Resource for native plants nationwide:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants-main<\/span><\/p>\n

Deer-resistant plants:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/05\/01\/habichat-deer-resistant-plants\/#:~:text=The%20less%20well-known%20golden,long%20as%20soils%20are%20moist.&text=Unlike%20ivy%2C%20though%2C%20it%20will,the%20threatened%20northern%20metalmark%20butterfly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Maryland:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/bluewaterbaltimore.org\/herring-run-nursery\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/sunnurseries.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.laurensgardenservice.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

Mail order:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nativewildflowers.net\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.prairiemoon.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.izelplants.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

List of nurseries selling native plants:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/mdflora.org\/nurseries.html<\/span><\/p>\n

List of nurseries specializing in selling plants native to Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, DC,Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/choosenatives.org\/location\/native-nurseries\/<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Article submitted by Chapter Ike Ken Dugan<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are some links posted by Dr. Sara Via of the University of Maryland that I found very interesting:<\/p>\n

Link to the video of the talk on Feb. 24, 2021: https:\/\/umd.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=6b69b88c-5b9a-435d-9240-acda00201622<\/p>\n

Links to a couple of other recent talks:<\/p>\n

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